Trial date set in Duluth murder case against Minneapolis man

Antonio Duryea Hendon is now set to face a Duluth jury on Nov. 2 in the Central Hillside killing of Cody Thomas Telega, after the case against the woman who drove him to the city was dropped. The move leaves Hendon as the only defendant still headed toward trial in the murder case and sharpens attention on the state’s proof against the alleged shooter.

The timing of that trial is not locked in stone. Hendon recently received a new attorney after filing an ethics complaint against the lawyer who had originally represented him, a change that could affect motions, witness preparation and how quickly the case moves toward opening statements.

Police said the fatal shooting happened about 1:30 a.m. on June 15, 2025, in the 100 block of East 3rd Street in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood. Officers found Telega, 37, with multiple gunshot wounds, and he later died at a hospital. A second man at the scene was not struck. Investigators said the people involved knew each other and were looking into a prior incident that may have set off the shooting.

Hendon, identified in earlier charging documents as a Minneapolis man, was originally charged with second-degree murder and second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. Amber Michele Rose Walker, also from Minneapolis, was charged with aiding an offender to avoid arrest. With Walker’s case dropped, prosecutors appear to have narrowed their focus to Hendon’s direct role in the killing rather than a broader case built around helping after the fact.

Telega’s obituary says he was born Aug. 28, 1987, in Duluth. The City of Duluth said after he was identified that the homicide investigation remained active and ongoing. The killing also unfolded amid other violence-related cases tied to the same period in Duluth, including June 25, 2025 robbery charges against Lance Lee Houle and Steven Ross Shotley in a Firehouse Flats case.